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Joan Baxter has a three-part series on gold mining on the Eastern Shore. This is Part 1, stay tuned for Parts 2 and 3 in the coming weeks.

This amount is 0.03% of the profits from gold produced at the Touquoy mine to date. A drop in the bucket. Read more here.

The NSSA recently opposed the newest Environmental Impact Statement by Atlantic Gold. Their proposed Beaver Dam gold mine would be in the heart of our long-term restoration project on the […]

Atlantic Gold agrees to a tentative plea deal that would have the company pay $120,000 to the Nova Scotia Salmon Association to atone for breaking environmental rules, but ‘no deal’ […]

We recently spoke with Joan Baxter at the Halifax Examiner about the proposed Beaver Dam gold mine. Read more about the threat this poses to salmon and our conservation work […]

We recently made the news for our work in the Southern Uplands. With your help, our W.A.T.E.R. Project will help guide restoration on the Moser River and beyond. This includes: […]

The NSSA recently opposed the possible listing of two salmon populations as endangered under the Species At Risk Act (SARA). The potential listing concerns local river groups and angling associations, […]

Atlantic Gold’s proposed mine at Cochrane Hill has been delayed. Read more about the development and what it could mean for salmon here.

The following is an 8 minute CBC discussion/interview about the use of rotenone in Piper Lake, Pictou County to prevent the spread of smallmouth bass in the headwaters of the […]

The following was received from Al McNeill (NS Fisheries & Aquaculture) on July 29, 2020. “Gentlemen;  It’s been some time since I have provided you with and update on the […]